Testing and assessment
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Testing and assessment
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Faculty of English Language & Literature, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens M.A. Programme in Applied Linguistics Introduction to Testing and Assessment Instructor: B. Dendrinos Is testing a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ thing? Language educators (and not only) are divided into two camps: the teachers and the testers. Teachers often say things like: Let's learn to teach before we learn to test We deal with people, testers deal with statistics. Testers think that teachers tend to be unspecific about their aims and objectives Are disinterested in finding out whether goals and objectives have been met Can we do without teaching or testing? Probably yes because learning can occur in spite of teaching and/or testing, despite any kind of formal evaluation the outcomes of teaching can be assessed without any form of testing testing may be used to measure what people already know Is testing synonymous with the terms below? Evaluation Evaluation may focus on the effectiveness or impact of a program of instruction, examination or project. Students are usually not asked to evaluate while teachers carry out or take part in evaluation only in some contexts. ‘Experts’ or the authorities are most commonly legitimized to carry out formal evaluation Measurement Measurement is the process of determining the amount or length of something when compared with a fixed unit (e.g. using a ruler to measure length). In language teaching measurement constitutes the quantification of language proficiency. Aspects of language knowledge, specific abilities and skills are measurable when there are transparent criteria and precise analysis of data. Is assessment synonymous with testing? No, it is not. Assessment is a more encompassing term than testing. It is the process of gathering, interpreting, and sometimes recording and using information about students' responses to an educational task in order to provide the next learning step. Assessment is primarily concerned with providing teachers and/or students with feedback information. In language teaching, it is a local or global procedure though which one can appraise one or more aspects of language proficiency. Assessment is transparent when clear assessment criteria have been predetermined. Is there one form of assessment? There are different forms of assessment, including: Formative assessment Summative assessment Self-assessment Peer assessment Which are the most common forms of assessment? Download 75.05 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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